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Chapter 96 God and Religion
Lance remembered a very interesting thing when he heard this.

In the game, Leonard will always have a negative trait of [Kleptomania] at the beginning, and there is a chance to touch the loot into his pocket during the process of entering the dungeon adventure.

It's okay to steal a thousand or eight hundred, but if something important is stolen, the player's blood pressure will soar.

This kind of behavior is very inconsistent with his identity as a church crusader, so he has been ridiculed by players as "the thief of light" Leonard.

Because of this title, Lance was also worried about whether Leonard would touch his loot at the beginning, so he was responsible for most of the tasks of cleaning the battlefield. Apart from the reason for the sacrifice, it was to prevent this.

But in fact, he found that Leonard was not very interested in money and material desires.

Every time he goes on a mission, he will give them a few bonuses. This guy Disma spends his money on whoring and gambling, and Barristan likes to drink in pubs after get off work. Only Leonard is not interested in these things, but Take the money to help those orphans and families in need.

Before, he couldn't understand why he was infected with kleptomania, but why he didn't steal his own. Now Lance finally knows the reason.

Because I gave real money to Leonard, and later promulgated the New Deal, the territory subsidized money to give reasonable assistance to those orphans and widows.

Leonard didn't know what the lord was thinking, he seemed a little disappointed and asked his own questions.

"If there really is a God, why would you allow the world to become like this? Has the Holy Light abandoned me?"

"If you want to understand this, you must know the origin of the concept of God."

Sure enough, when Leonard heard this, he was a little curious about the origin of God, and Lance immediately put on an appearance of a scholar and said slowly.

"The source of fear is unknown. In the era of human ignorance, there are too many things in the world that are difficult for human beings to understand, such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, life and death, etc. At this time, human beings are weak and powerless, so psychologically we need help.

For example, when the night comes, human beings can only hide in their lairs, always be alert to those nocturnal beasts, because the safety of the night cannot be guaranteed, so they define the night as 'evil', and when the day comes, the light will replace the darkness, and humans Safety is guaranteed, so light is defined as 'good'.

But the human beings in that era were poor in cognition. They didn't understand the principle of the conversion between day and night at all, so they artificially imagined an extremely powerful existence to control everything, and this artificially imagined existence was called 'God'.

This type of god is the law of nature, and it will not be shifted by human will at all. Whether you worship it or not, it will not affect nature itself. It's like I don't believe in holy light, but the sun will still rise from the east. Do you believe it? Holy Light, but the sun also sets from the west. "

Leonard fell into deep thought when he heard this, and Lance asked another question when he saw this.

"What is your definition of God?"

"omnipotent."

"Since gods are omnipotent, why do we still have to offer them?" Lance smiled, looking frivolous, "Humans are always the ones who need gold coins, and the so-called gods are just an excuse for them to drive you to plunder. reason."

"My lord, stop talking!"

What Lance was talking about here was on the rise, Leonard suddenly interrupted his words, looked around vigilantly, made sure no one noticed, and then explained in a low voice, "If the church knows this, it will be beaten Heretics shall be judged."

"Do you think I'm a heretic?" Lance looked at him with a smile on his face.

He looks like he is not afraid of the church that is more terrifying than the empire.

Because now he has the courage brought by his own strength, if he really provokes the church to run away, he will leave the big trouble of the ancestor to them.

Anyway, I can excel wherever my abilities go, and there is no longer only one way to go like in the beginning.

But he was stopped by Leonard.

According to the logic of the church, Lord Lord is a heretic who spreads heresy, and even the methods he revealed before can be said to be sorcery.

But I witnessed the lord all the way, and went to the cursed land alone to fulfill the promise thousands of years ago for the stability of the world. In just a few days, the internal troubles were quelled, the foreign enemies were defeated, and this lifeless town was revitalized.

He is even more holy than those who proclaim the Holy Light, dispelling the darkness and bringing hope of salvation to himself.

"No."

Leonard replied with a serious face and affirmative words.

"Don't be so serious, we're just chatting." Lance nodded with a smile when he heard this. He was sure that he was more important than the church in Leonard's mind, and only then did he really show his sharp minions.

"If you want to understand this, you have to talk about the origin of the concept of religion."

After Lance figured out his attitude, he didn't show much reaction, as casual as if he was having a barbecue and chatting with his friends.

"Because human beings are poor in cognition and habitually attribute all unknowns to God, then God has become an all-knowing and omnipotent existence, has the right to explain all unknowns, and at the same time gives God powerful authority.

But as I said just now, God was originally a natural law, and He will not be affected by human will, so this authority is vacant.

God doesn't care, but this theocracy is full of infinite temptations for human beings, so some people steal the theocracy, and they compile scriptures to monopolize the right to explain God, making ordinary people God's servants, and they turn around and become God's spokesperson , become the 'god' who actually enjoys theocracy.

And religion is an organization created by such a group of people who steal the divine right.

The top bishops and priests hold the power of religious interpretation and enjoy the highest privileges by compiling classics.

The second level is priests, nuns and knights. They are responsible for collecting religious taxes to ensure the operation of institutions, monopolizing cultural education and brainwashing believers through religious schools, and using violent means to protect the upper class and attack enemies. These people enjoy certain privileges.

The third layer is the ordinary believers. They have no privileges and must support the first two classes in the form of offerings and taxes. They are obviously being exploited without knowing it.

The fourth level is those who do not believe in religion or believe in others, and are directly excluded from this system and labeled as heretics, their fate will not be..."

Lance is peeling off the church's fig leaf layer by layer, revealing the twisted core inside.

But Leonard was a little puzzled, and asked with a frown:
"If the church is really so miserable, why does it still preach all kinds of truth, goodness and beauty?"

Leonard also encountered many wise men during his wanderings, but no one had ever told him this statement.

He felt that the lord could answer the questions that had been bothering him, and urgently needed more explanations.

(End of this chapter)